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How has chess managed to remain a competitive sport despite engine dominance?

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Why does the engine tell me to sacrifice a queen for bishop after a failed Scholar's mate?

engines learning

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Do chess programmes keep a history of the full board for each move?

programming

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Undetectable semi-cheating?

engines cheating

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What does “White is down a rook for a pawn” mean?

terminology

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Up to which rating is my strategy in the opening is applicable?

opening strategy

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Is acceptable to consult with your team during a match break?

rules tournament team

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Why is capturing the bishop in this position a blunder?

sicilian-defense middlegame

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Why is 12… d4 a blunder?

analysis middlegame

answered Apr 10 at 12:17 Cecil De Vere 1,583

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Black's tools in the Caro-Kann Advanced Tal Variation

positional-play caro-kann advantage

answered Mar 30 at 21:07 NoseKnowsAll 2,291

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How many moves needed for a knight to go from any square to any other square?

engines mathematics game-length tempo

modified Mar 26 at 6:20 New User 31

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Insufficient material draw on lichess.org

rules draw material

answered 2 hours ago lucaspierref 11

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Find an opening based on the position of one player only

opening database

modified Apr 14 at 11:11 Nils Lindemann 579

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Have there been brilliancy prizes awarded to the losing player?

tournament history grandmaster famous-games

modified Apr 10 at 19:22 Rewan Demontay 13.5k

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Most common tactic motifs in the opening phase of chess

opening tactics

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Which of the pawns in front of the king should be moved in order to prevent a back-rank mate?

checkmate

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How to avoid falling into unfamiliar traps in the opening stage?

opening strategy theory gambits opening-traps

answered Apr 14 at 0:24 Neoking 11

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Does the King's Indian Attack need the e5 pawn push to attack on the kingside?

strategy attack kings-indian-attack kingside

modified Apr 6 at 14:19 Harry Iguana 124

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An interesting positional chess riddle [duplicate]

problems forced-move

modified Apr 13 at 13:03 Rewan Demontay 13.5k

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Is blocking a check with a check an illegal move?

rules check illegal-move

answered Apr 6 at 15:15 Irsu85 21

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Why, in online chess, is it that the shorter the time control, the higher the world leading elo is?

online-chess elo statistics

modified Apr 2 at 20:05 Rewan Demontay 13.5k

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Worst ELO ever in history

history rating

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What is the history of online Ultrabullet Chess?

bullet-chess

answered Apr 12 at 6:42 koedem 2,027

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Developing the king before developing most of your pieces

opening caro-kann kings development king-safety

modified Apr 15 at 16:33 Rewan Demontay 13.5k

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In chess.com analysis, why is a rook promotion better than a queen promotion?

analysis checkmate pawn-promotion chess.com

modified Mar 30 at 18:18 Rewan Demontay 13.5k

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Trying to remember a zugzwang puzzle/study position

problems puzzles zugzwang

answered Apr 15 at 19:48 Noam D. Elkies 4,975

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List of female chess players by peak FIDE rating

history rating fide statistics records

modified 21 hours ago Rewan Demontay 13.5k

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What is the correct way to play this endgame?

analysis endgame pawn-endgame

answered Apr 16 at 2:16 Allure 13.8k

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Using Stockfish in Commercial Apps

engines stockfish development

modified Mar 30 at 15:42 user23916 103

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Is there a chess program that can detect if someone has left the game?

online-chess cheating

modified Apr 7 at 16:56 Rewan Demontay 13.5k

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What's the point of the Two Knights French?

opening french-defense

modified Apr 11 at 17:10 Nils Lindemann 579

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How to calculate corresponding squares

calculation pawn-endgame

modified Apr 2 at 20:07 Rewan Demontay 13.5k

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Why is black playing …f6 to attack the e5 pawn a bad move in the King's Indian Attack?

pawn-structure kings-indian-attack

answered Apr 15 at 0:49 Inertial Ignorance 16.6k

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What does an engine do if it has found the shortest mate?

engines checkmate

answered Mar 23 at 16:34 Mike Jones 4,527

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Longest pondering in a standard-time control game

time-management

modified Apr 7 at 16:33 Rewan Demontay 13.5k

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Tools to analyse weaknesses based on Lichess history

analysis training lichess opening-traps

answered Mar 30 at 20:59 NoseKnowsAll 2,291

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What is the negative thinking method in chess?

calculation

answered Mar 25 at 13:52 John Coleman 1,501

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What is the best way to continue the game in this situation and maintain my advantage?

advantage

modified Apr 11 at 20:04 Rewan Demontay 13.5k

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Will I have to memorize all this?

opening

modified Apr 12 at 12:43 David 9,999

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Longest sequence of forcing moves?

problems records forced-move

modified 15 hours ago Rewan Demontay 13.5k

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Are there any computer vision chess programs which can be used for online games?

online-chess

answered Apr 11 at 15:44 emdio 1,130

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Is castling bad in chess? [duplicate]

castling

modified Apr 16 at 22:34 David 9,999

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Unable To Communicate with UCI through Java Program

stockfish uci

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How to proceed after declined Queen's Gambit?

gambits queens-gambit

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What Openings can I play against most openings?

opening kings-indian

answered Apr 13 at 11:30 emdio 1,130

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How much does adding an opening book to a relatively weak chess program affect its strength?

opening computer-chess

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